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Cirque du Soleil “Luzia” has cancelled its San Francisco shows through Friday and hired psychologists to counsel cast and crew members in the wake of an accident that killed a technician earlier this week.

Cirque du Soleil chief executive officer Daniel Lamarre said 42-year-old Olivier Rochette was killed Tuesday night when a movable aerial lift, sitting on a slope in the big tent, toppled over and hit him in the head.

Rochette, the father of four children, is the son of Gilles Ste-Croix, one of the founders of Cirque du Soleil.